Sparta Historical group will host holiday sale at VFW hall

Photo by Warren Westura/New Jersey Herald - Exterior at the Van Kirk House Museum in Sparta, May 14, 2017.WSW

Posted: Nov. 9, 2017 12:15 am

SPARTA -- The Sparta Historical Society will host a sale featuring holiday, Christmas and seasonal items including collectibles and small antiques to further the Historical Society's renovation work at the Van Kirk Homestead.

The Holiday Stocking Stuffer event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sparta VFW Hall, 66 Main St. Admission is free. Food will be available for purchase.

The Princess White Deer exhibit is currently on display at the museum.

Even though renovations are still underway at the Van Kirk Homestead, the society features period rooms, special history-themed galleries, and a major changing exhibition gallery.

Refurbishment plans include restoring the cooking fireplace from the 1800s in the basement and preserving the carriage barn (a long-term multi-step goal, with structural integrity completed in 2017). This year the society has also been diligently working in the basement to relocate the mining and mineral exhibit to be reopened in the fall 2018.

The Sparta Historical Society is located at The Van Kirk Homestead Museum and History Education Center at 336 Main St. (Route 517). The museum is open the second and fourth Sundays of the month from April through December 1-4 p.m. with a 2 p.m. talk on Sundays, and will be oen Nov. 12, Nov. 26 and Dec. 10 before closing for the season. For details or group reservations, call 973-726-0883 or Email: spartahistoricalsocnj@gmail.com.